Founder and Managing Director of S G Actuarial Consultancy Saroja Gunatilleke recently won the prestigious “45 Under 45 Leadership Excellence” Platinum Award 2024 awarded by the Global CEO Forum. This is not the first time Saroja has been recognized for her achievements. When she qualified as a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK, 12 years ago, she was the only local with that qualification working in Sri Lanka. In 2010, when she qualified as an Associate of the same institute she was the youngest and only female with such a qualification in Sri Lanka. Her entire University education is from the UK, B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics, Diploma in Actuarial Science and M.Sc. in Actuarial Science for all of which she obtained a First-Class honours or Distinction. S G Actuarial Consultancy (Pvt) Limited provides Actuarial & Risk Management Consultancy and Training Services. And the Company has grown its reach significantly in the past few years. For Consultancy Services S G Actuarial has engaged with 12 Companies in 5 Countries. For Training Services the reach has been far greater with participants registering from 91 Organizations in 20 Countries worldwide.
Actuaries are professionals that attempts to make financial sense of future risks and uncertainties. They have a very important role to play in managing risks for any Company not just in the field of insurance. “Our Consultancy can help organizations not just in the insurance field and indeed we have engaged with Banks, Finance Companies, Wealth Management Companies, Regulators, Stockbrokers, Audit Firms, and Software Developers etc. mainly for Training Service. My broad work experience helps these engagements. And the great reviews we receive encourage us to keep expanding our reach both locally and overseas.” Saroja Gunatilleke stated. Saroja is also very interested in creating awareness and developing the actuarial profession in the Country and does career talks for Universities and Schools. She hopes this award inspires maths students to follow Actuarial Science which is an extremely lucrative well-respected career with worldwide opportunities. S G Actuarial also offers introductory courses for students to see if this is the correct career path for them.
Founder and Managing Director of S G Actuarial Consultancy Saroja Gunatilleke receiving the award
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